Mutants: Threat or Menace?
OK, I’ve never been a big fan of Mick LaSalle, but surely his review of X-Men: The Last Stand takes the proverbial. I don’t expect to like the movie much, myself, but surely it’s a little … insane … to…
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no, no, I get to define things, me, I do
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Every now and then, the fact that people are different, one to another, and perceive different universes, still manages to surprise Your Humble Blogger. Manohla Dargis, in a New York Times review of Firewall called An Aging Action Hero With…
More movies, illustrated
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I know, Your Humble Blogger hardly ever does this, but what the hell. Metasilk made a pretty out of movie posters (well, and DVD boxes), so here’s mine. Note that I am not defending these as the Bestest Dozen Ever,…
2005 Movie Wrap-Up
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Well, and the Oscar noms are out, and Your Humble Blogger has seen six—six!—of the nominated films. Oh, none of the ones nominated for Best Picture, and none of the nominated acting performances, or directing, or writing, but then who…
Kong is King, more or less
Well, and Your Humble Blogger saw Kong. And it was … long. Really, really long. It wasn’t tedious; there was a lot of stuff in there, and most of it was entertaining and well-made, but by the time Kong stands…
De-Stinky
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Your Humble Blogger finally saw De-Lovely. If y’all had forgotten, or more likely never heard, about De-Lovely, it was last year’s Cole Porter bio-pic, the one with Kevin Kline, the one that was trashed for using a variety of theatrical…
Jodie, anyone?
Having joined the NetFlix cult, I’ve been watching the first season of Soap nearly every night for the last few weeks. It’s a wonderful show, and just right for watching before bedtime. It’s funny, and it’s mostly lighthearted, and there’s…
There are no Angels in America
Well, and Your Humble Blogger has finished watching the television adaptation of Angels in America. I thought we could go over it a little, because I’m still struggling. First of all, I think the play is one of the greatest…
Another frivolous question
Here’s a question, Gentle Readers. You know how Help! and A Hard Day’s Night are both brilliant movies? I mean, even if you don’t particularly like The Beatles, these are funny, funny movies. I suspect you could forward through most…
based on the novel
So, rereading Cold Comfort Farm reminded YHB what a great job the filmmakers did creating the movie of the book. I’m very interested in the problem of adaptation, generally. I think it’s one of the great challenges of our technological…